Rack for tea, coffee, and spice containers



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Patented .lime 7, 1927..

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aria-L r. HALvoRsnN, en ALBANY., .rfNnrANaAssreNoR To MGC'ORMICK BROTHERS COMPANY, or ALBANY, morena. e. ooRPoRATIoN or INDIANA.

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Appueanon ined Jaar, 11i,

This invention relates to racks, such as are userin kkitchen cabinets.forvholding sinall jars andcontainersvfor salt, spices, and the lilre, the raclrfof the4 present invention being also constriufted'tol hold containers for tea and col'ee The spice or 'containers are .usually provided with annular ribs vby which they may be supported in a rack, but the more bulky materials, such as tea and coffee, are generally kept in containerswhich are not supported in racks and which are not provided with ribs whereby .they'inay be supported.

ln the prese-nt invention, the rackV iranieis of circular forni and a plurality. ot wire loops are secured to the traine,` and these loops extend inwardly toward the center of the traine, in one coininon plane.y Sonie ot these loops are of relatively sinall sizes, adapted to support spice jars and thelilre, and two of the loops are otrelatively large size. onebeing larger than theA other, and adapted vto receive coffee and tea containers. As these latter containers are not usually provided with ribs, whereby they may be supported on the loops, I provide one or inore supporting bars extending below the larger loops by which thel coffee and tea containers will be supported out of engageniont with the floor or surfaces upon which the rack is supported. members inay, however, be oinitted providing the tea and coil'ee containers are constructed with annular' ribs to rest upon the loops. The relatively large loops are secured to the opposite sides ot the 'trarne and project inwardly toward the center, and the relatively sinall loops are arranged at the sides ot the larger loops. The arrangement ot all of the loops witliiin the area of the circular traine makes a cornpact and attractive looking rack well adapted for use in kitchen cabinets. The rack trarne is provided with legs 'for supporting the rack above the floor surface ot the Cabinet, and in one 'torni ot' the invenn tion these legs are inade separately from the raclr traine and attached to it, and in another forni the legs are integral with rthe traine.

ln the accompanyinp` drawing,

F ig. l. is a top perspective view'ot a rack having supporting feet or legs made separately from the trani-e and attached to it;

Fig. 2 is a vertical central section through and welded to thev rings.

These supporting AND sluier: CONTAINERS.

ieee. serial No. 115,912.

the same, takenl vabout-on the line 2-2 of lig. 3 is a top perspective `view of a rack vided with three V-shaped legs, welded to the rings and spacingA the latter apart', each leg having a loop 1 at'its center which'is turned outwardly at. right angles to the leg, forming feet. Preferably, buttons Q, ot rubber, liberfor other material, which will not scratch painted surfaces, are secured within the loops to prevent direct Contact oi the latter with said surfaces.

Secured to the opposite sides of the frame and projecting` inwardly toward the center of the 'traine are two relatively large wire loops ot circular form, o and c, the former being larger in diameter than the latter, and i at the sides of these large loops are a plurality of relatively small loops, al, e, f, and to. rlhese various loops are all of the saine forni and similarly connected to the traine rings. o, a. Thus, the loop c has end por tions 3 which are bent over at right angles to the plane of the loop, and these end portions extend over the ring a and thence downward to the ring a, and these end portions are welded to the rings. The loop .7) has end portions l, bent at right angles to the plane of the loop and extending over the upper ring and welded to both of the rings. The end portions of the smaller loops are likewise connected to the rings, as will be evident troni an inspection ot the drawing,

These various loops all lie in the same horizontal. plane. The relatively sinall loops are adapted to support jars or containers 'for spices.y sallgvetc., which containers are provided with annular ribs which'restf upon the loops. Containers for coffee and tea are usually much larger than the containers for spices and these largerl containers are usually not provided with annular ribs. The loop c is adapted to receive a container :for tea and the-loop Z2 is adapted to'receive This rachis pro-v across the frame below the larger loops and the tea. or coilec canisters or containers are supported oy the wires la out of the contact with the floor or surface on` which the rack rests, so-that these containers cannot scratch the surface when the rack is moved. Should the coiiee and tea containers be made with annular ribs lo rest upon the loops l) and @,the supporting; wires Zt may be omitted. f

In Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawing, the rack .is the saine in the previously described figures, except that the legs, instead of bein made se Jaratelv 'from' the framev and attached to it, are made integral with tlie lower ring` 'of the frame. Thus7 the lower ring a', in Fig. 3, has three equally spacedv parts bent sharily downward into U-form, forming supportingl legs a4, the

bottom portions a5 of thefeet being parallel vwith the ring and of suliicient length to provide a suitable bearing surface.

The rack shown in Figs.l 3, and llis somewhat less` expensive to manufacture than the one shown inFigs. l and 2a because the lower ring and Alegs arein one piece.

That I claim is: y

A rack forcondinient and other containers comprising a frame composed of' a pair of concentric wire rings spaced-apart and having feet for supporting' the frame horizontally,'two relatively large arcuate wire loops 'projecting inwardly from opposite sides of the upper ring? a plurality of relatively small wire loops projecting inwardly from the upper ring` at the sides or the large loops,. the ends of said loops being bent downwardly and connected 'to4 both rings,V and supporting wires extending across the lower side of the 'frame under said relatively large loops and having their ends bent upwardly and secured to both of said rings. l

'In testimony whereof l* I hereunto aliir my signature.

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